State v. Smith

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

After a jury trial in Knox County, to which a change of venue had been ordered at her request, defendant Brenda Younk Smith 1 was convicted for the murder, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201(1)(A), (B) (Supp.1979), of one Gary Nadeau. On appeal defendant argues that her conviction was against the weight of the evidence and that the State should not have been allowed to introduce a sword in evidence. We affirm the judgment of conviction of murder.

During trial, defendant objected to the admission of State’s Exhibit No. 6 on the grounds that it was neither authenticated nor relevant and…